Castor Wheels QandA2.pdf

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Caster Wheels Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
W911S2-24-Q-0002
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Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Drum

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This document contains a question and answer file related to a solicitation for caster wheels. The solicitation seeks caster wheels that have swivel, pin locking, and braking capability with an 8,000 lb capacity. The design must meet these functional requirements. Dimensions are provided for the overall height, swivel radius, and location of the locator pin. Clarification is provided regarding acceptable braking designs and material thicknesses. The related federal contract opportunity is a small business set-aside solicitation issued by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Drum. Solicitation number W911S2-24-Q-0002 requests quotes for caster wheels to be delivered to Fort Drum, NY by January 18, 2024.

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Question 1. What is the distance (x & y axes) from the edge of the plate to the center of the locking plunger?

Answer 1.

Question 2. I see that the baseplate is called out as ½”, what is the thickness of the required phenolic spacer?

Answer 2. Phenolic Spacer: 1/8 inch

Steel Plate: 3/8 inch

Question 3. How much flexibility do we have with the design elements?

Answer 3. The design must have swivel, pin locking, and braking capability and have an 8,000 lb.

capacity.

Question 4. The brake would need to be different; see below for a representation of our contact brake and please confirm if this would be accepted.

Answer 4. The braking representation is just fine.

Question 5. Missing information is the overall height of the caster, swivel radius and the position of the locator pin on the plate. Requesting more dimension information for the following:

Answer 5. Overall height: 11.5 inches

Swivel radius: 0.9375 Locator pin on the plate: Please refer to Question 1.

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